Garment.



GARMENT. l APPLICATION FILED JULY I7. |917.

Patented Jan. 1, 19148.

. Chicago, A in `the county CONRAD B. sHANE, or CHICAGO, Immers.

cani/inner'.

Application nea July 17, 1

Togli @071.01m it may concer/a A Be it known that L Connan B. SHANE, a citizen of the United States, residing atV of Cook and State` of illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the following is a specification. l

This invention relates to yan outergarment which is both ventilated and rain- 'p-roof, and is concerned particularly 'with a novel and improved seam .construction by which these ends are .effectively attained. ln addition to the objects. stated, the features of the invention presently to be described may benapplied to an outer garment with but small expense and without affecting measurably the appearance of the garment, and afford a means by which the amount Vof the ventilating action may be controlled within certain limits. These and lother objects will more fully hereinafter appear from the specification and claims, and from the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of my invention in the-following manner:

Figure 1 is a cross sectional view through the garment taken on line 11 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section thro'ugi one of the garment seams taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the parts open for ventilation;

Fig. 3 is :a transverse section taken on line 8--3 of Fig. 1, showing the seam closed; and

Fig. L1 is a fragmentary plan view vtofthe outer side of the garmentin the region of the seam, a portion of the. materialbeing broken away to better exhibit the construction.

The garment with seams are particularly disclosed in my pending application, Serial No. 166,555, being formed as is usual o a number of sections of material cut into proper shape and joined at the seams.

Preferably the fabric composing the garment is suitably treated to be rendered water or rain-proof. For convenience in description, the two fabric sections to be joined tol form my improved seam may be designated as A and B respectively. The edges of .these sections overlap inthe usual manner, the section A having its edge preferably turned and stitched as at 5 and a lining which the present adapted for use is Specifcatonof Letters Patent.

6 of rubberized or ywater-proof material applied on its inner side. This lining may be in the form of a strip secured to the fabric by any suitable means, such as an adhesive. The vedge of the. section By is also turned and stitched as at 7, a lining S of rubber or water-proof material being applied to the side thereof which faces the section A. Adjacent the turned edge of the. section B is a strip 9 formed. of fabric, `or other suitable material, and preferably rubberized or otherwise treated to be water-proof, this strip being of appreciable width. to provide. in el? feet a flange or wall which will turn back water tending to enter through the seam. As bestshown in Figs. 2 and 3, the strip 9 is overlapped by the section A so as to be. wholly invisible..

A double connection between the sections A and` B is provided. one on the inner side ofthe garment, formed by the use of a fabric strip C which is attached to each section Ay and B, preferablyby a suitable adhesive, and the other by the use of buttons 10 secured to the section A arranged to coperate with members 11 which are fastened to the. section C. A convenient form of button connection is the common snap fastener which permits of being attached or detached at will. To render more secure the connection between the. strip and the sections A and B additional. cover ing strips `1Q may be employed, if found desirable, their u'se, however, being optional.

The strip 6 which lines the inner side of the section A may extend back from its edge any suitable distance, the lining shown in the .drawing terminating justI short, of the point where connection is made with the section C. I have also provided a plurality of openings 13 through the strip C,

each preferably reinforced by an eyelet 14. These openings may occur, one or more of them if desiree, between the points where the fastening buttons are located (see Fig. 1), and are wholly invisible from the outer side of the garment.

In use, movements of the wearers body, or pressure from the wind, will cause the seam edges between the points where the fastening buttons are loca-ted to bulge or buckle sufliciently to open up spaces for the passage of air between the sections A and B, and through the openings 13 in the manner1 vPatented Jan. l, 1915.

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indicated in Fig. 2.. ,VVentilation through*tol the inside-a Very desirable end inigarments 5 of this kind-is thus obtained throughoutthe length of each oi the seams 4soconstructy 5 ed. The area of the opening through the fastening the buttons to permit of the outer Y Seem ,edge withdrawing all appreciable disy tancefrom the section B, thus enhancing the l0 Ventilating action. vVhen the `buttoi'isarel fastened upon their coperating members,` however, the ls eam'edges are' drawn' closely one upon the other,- as represented in Fig'kS. L Under these' conditions, a vless' amount votair ca'n enter-through the seam;

Itv will be 'no-ted that this'stri'p 9,'rwhicl1` `forms"'in'lietfctailangejor wall, made fot waiter-proof dilaterral; also 'r" the* sid-es ofrtlie' bferlapped edges of leeetji'o'irs"A" f aiildfB ar'eE lined-A to" be" 'Va'tei15rtif,"' f' Ita y f i Mipaf-@facettes in' einer geetwemirewer-- "lapped eagesj 'er1-,ire @centenaria-YB; awiirf @meunier wettig-e'pf-aleen@lawhienaccs'; i-,Q' aan It tack' and* f' dran'fthe* Same dow-n2? waldly'tojthe low'erend bf the 'sea-1n;whichV is preferably formed," to" i'un"'th'e'-'fwater 4out airain u'p'ony "garment :and` lfvirnthe sima.r "This factionrese-1t@'fpm'eonstfact-f ing the strip 9 of suiiicient thicknesl'sto Seri/e" eflfectua'lly as j'a'"barrier".v 'j i" n The 'seam construction lwhicli-lasfjust! been1 describedfis' "obyiusly simple#andfinexpenlf sive* 'to' "manufacture, andy at the same time operates effectively to' provide ventilation' without adinittingthefrain.'f The garment1V y soformed willfdiiiier 'in no'`v way-'finv a'p'bea'r# a'nc'e Y from these4 loffordin'ary construction; and Ahence may embodyf whatever Points A'of'f style oridesign y"that its maker lmay vchoose. 40 The particularjlocation of -the present sea-msA y iip'oi'rl the" garment, as," well? asthef' 4length ofi siichseams, a fe' to' be' determined accordingals" 'found- 'eX-pedifent, but" l2 'preferi to'V have' *seams 2of kind "herein 'described arrangedbeneath -the wlieref-'mov'ements'V dif-the fbodygvfo'r pressure et windi encountered asV in "Ii-idingya'vi,lll 'be- "most fetleetiveI Itofopen up" "passages for ventilation', f' vandi Iwhere f th'ef rain" *water *will bef-@presen -'i11-'=the 'J-least" 5o Iclaimi I j 11A? garment seam betfween'i adjoining fabric sections comprising a barrier strip on one fabric edge underlying the other fabric ""c'dge,""a detachable*connection between the 55 seam may be increased considerably by uur..1

edgee of thel two fabric sections, and a third fabric section connected to the underside ot rst two mentioned sections,v there being a plurality of openings in the;

third section c'oinnnmicating` with the under- 60 side of the garment, substantially as described. y .A '2. lA garment seam. between l`adjoining fabricl sections comprisingan edge of. one"l garment* section provided with barrier E strip, and theother garment section'jbe'iifigI la'id A"oyerf'thebarrier Strip! o'ttheA first mene. tioned section andfseeuled'lto said-"sectibn inl' 1 a 'nia-nner*y te holdthelastmentonedfsecti'n clsfel'y bifer 5th" yari-iene"stripe,i"andi/awthirdNO fabric l"sect'ionf ce efctdf ftfo the undereidefoffd each @of 3 the' lvfirst f -twc mentioned lsectibnaf;v there "being" plural-ity'f of l-epeninzgs'lin? 'theff third Se'etieiileommunieating with fthe' 4andere` side' of the garment f ubstantially 'las :de: 75 sr''be'dll f el Y 3'; Asa-new article etman fa'ctureyfa ga` v ment 'eomprsingitront and-'- lbaclffsections suitably'fjoin'ed 'together bn fseam; line,fone; of ysaid j secti'onsfgprao'j ecting *beyond said: seam: 8 0 line/and'1 byerlying'f' the 'otherf section zt'oprof, e zvi'd'e a'tlap,`jan 'd y"a barrier strip' secured' 'toftliedater Afa'ee'e'f the-othersection:adaptedtozcoe; operate withf'f'the said' iapfftonvtheepurpose specified/.ff ALIAS' a new article-offfmanufactui.' 'g' ment feomprisingpfront@and vfba'cl :sections suitably'joinec'l together 'enf seaanllifnethetfront- 'section proj eetin'g: .fbeyon defthe :se'a'm line l'and overl-ying 'the fcthei'. Section te fpro; 90 Vid'ea apgian" f afba'rrier stripf'sec'ured to the ma outer face of the back section andad pted to; cejperate' with/'said :iiapA-efor fthe purpose speeiiied',3 therefbeing 'af pluralityozt :openings in the garment beneath the ap, and means; for@ loldinir tjhef' dirmly.; against thegarf.: nient-v fon-fthe purpose .of j'. clesinglsaiil;v open, inge@l substantialLyilY asi. descnibed. .g ,m

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